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Lucille McNamara

Lucille McNamara is a Daily Tidings reporter with 27 years of journalism experience, covering Oregon public safety, crime and courts, plus statewide policy and community impact stories including housing, education, health, and immigration. She previously worked at The Star.
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Crime & Courts

Ashland Activist Sues City After Being Removed from Council Meeting for Calling the Police Chief a…

Lucille McNamara Jan 6, 2026

ASHLAND, Ore. — A Jackson County resident who called the Ashland Police Chief Tighe O’Meara ‘a fascist’ at a City Council meeting last September has filed a civil rights suit for violation of his First Amendment rights. Toren McKnight…

Oregon Secretary of State Gives Portland Until Month’s End to Clean Up ‘Material Weaknesses’ in Its…

Lucille McNamara Jan 5, 2026

The Oregon Secretary of State has granted the City of Portland an extension to January 31, 2026, to file a corrective Plan of Action for its 2024-25 Financial Report, after auditors uncovered “material weaknesses” in the original report.…

Crime & Courts

Portland Police Pursuit Ends With Driver Found Dead After High-Speed Crash in Beaverton

Lucille McNamara Jan 4, 2026

PORTLAND, Ore. — A driver was found dead inside a vehicle that crashed when Portland Police officers tried to stop him for reckless driving. The incident began in the Old Town during the early hours of Saturday morning when the police…

Big Pharma to Hike Prices on 350 Drugs in 2026 as Oregon’s Transparency Law Shows What’s Driving the…

Lucille McNamara Jan 4, 2026

As ‘Big Pharma’ hikes the price of hundreds of medications for 2026, Oregon has reinstated its drug transparency law, so that the reasons for big increases and high-cost drugs must be reported and fully explained. By leveraging a paper…

Oregon Bans Medical Debt From Credit Reports Starting Jan 1, Shielding Consumers From Lasting…

Lucille McNamara Jan 3, 2026

As of January 1, 2026, medical debt will no longer be reported to credit bureaus, providing Oregonians with a protective measure to shield them from the damaging repercussions of poor creditworthiness. Tidings Data Snapshot Oregon…

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Oregon Somali Leaders Push Back After Trump’s Remarks and Targeted Immigration Crackdown

Lucille McNamara Dec 23, 2025

Somali Oregonians are not defined by the insults of President Donald Trump, says former Somali refugee and Senate Majority Leader Kayse Jama (D-E Portland, Boring & Damascus). He was responding to the Trump administration’s intensive…

Crime & Courts

Oregon Drug Dealer Features in Homeland Security’s ‘Worst of the Worst’ as ICE Highlights the Case

Lucille McNamara Dec 23, 2025

The Department of Homeland Security has released a photo Gallery of 15 illegal aliens who they describe as “the worst of the worst” criminals. One of the arrests was that of Isaias Alvarado-Arellano, a Mexican who was convicted of…

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Oregon Consumers Grow More Anxious About 2026 Economy as Costs Surge Across the State

Lucille McNamara Dec 22, 2025

All indications suggest that Oregon will not escape growing national consumer apathy about the economic outlook for 2026, despite the record-breaking ‘Super Saturday’ spend by Beaver state residents. Consumer sentiment has dropped 30%…

Crime & Courts

Two Men Arrested Near Portland ICE Facility as Police Say Their Job Is Public Safety Not Immigration…

Lucille McNamara Dec 21, 2025

PORTLAND, Ore. — Following the arrest of two Portland residents on Friday night near the Immigration Customs and Enforcement (ICE) detention center in South Portland, the Police Bureau reminds the public that while it does not engage in…

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Oregon Loses Nearly 10,000 Manufacturing Jobs Despite Incentives as Tariffs Fuel a Growing Factory…

Lucille McNamara Dec 21, 2025

Despite huge state incentives to attract the manufacturing sector to Oregon, the state has shed nearly 10,000 factory jobs in the last 12 months. While the semiconductor industry may not be the largest in the number of people it employs,…

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